#forwarddeployed

You make friends quickly when on deployment... the navigation team is on point! #forwarddeployed #fdnf #navigators #usnavy

i #FlyTheFlag out at sea on a regular basis 😎. @petespiratelife #Navy #NavyLife #Deployed #ForwardDeployed (also featured: @egardwatchco #poseidon watch #NotSponsored) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPBVPIkgl2l/?utm_medium=tumblr

i #FlyTheFlag out at sea on a regular basis 😎. @petespiratelife #Navy #NavyLife #Deployed #ForwardDeployed (also featured: @egardwatchco #poseidon watch #NotSponsored) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPBVPIkgl2l/?utm_medium=tumblr

Medium Brown #Alligator #FlipWallet with cash straps. thanks to @districtleathersupply for shipping to #ForwardDeployed service members, or i’d never get my hands on this beautiful leather #WickettAndCraig #VegTan #Bellies #ForSale #handmade #homemade #AmericanMade #Etsy #EtsySeller #Leathercraft #LeatherSmith #NewLevel #Veterans #VeteranOwned #VeteranMade #VeteranOwnedBusiness #Elevating #YouKnowYouWantThis. https://www.instagram.com/p/BzckQR7gj8u/?igshid=5zq2qubsdukd

As we lead up to Christmas, 25 years ago, I spent my first Christmas in the fleet in the Persian Gulf. It wouldn’t be my last on active duty. Picture was taken from the cruise book, “Freedom’s Flagship at 35- インデペンデンス”. #christmas #activeduty #overseas #forwarddeployed #ussindependence #carrierlife #westpac #operationsouthernwatch #25yearsago #persiangulf #abudhabi #unitedarabemirates #uae #katakana #japanesealphabet (at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) https://www.instagram.com/p/Brdp9yCAthx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=f1ava0w1pkh5

Thanksgiving on the USS BENFOLD. Seriously good food and fellowship with great shipmates. Holidays away from home definitely make you miss family, but when the ship’s Culinary Specialists make food this good, you can kind of forget all of that! Happy Thanksgiving from USS BENFOLD and from Japan, y’all! We’ll be home soon enough #naptime #forwarddeployed #thanksgiving https://www.instagram.com/p/BqeU_t4h3fuE_AuYkVtaZtjfoCeFJmzACu3Acc0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qoshqdw8b1gn

In case you didn’t know, BENFOLD’s wardroom is pretty much dominated by female JOs. I’m honored to serve with such courageous and hard-working women, especially ones who take big risks like coming out to the “tip of the spear” in Forward Deployed Asia. Working in Japan is exhausting with long hours and uncertain schedules, but having these ladies around to anchor me makes all the difference 🗾⚓️👩‍✈️#fdnf #girlboss #femalenavalofficer #forwarddeployed #ussbenfold (at Yokosuka, Kanagawa)

Sunset in the South Pacific. Moments like this make standing bridge watch worth it. Perfect environmentals for shooting amplitude, too! #usnavy #forwarddeployed #navigator (at Philippine Sea)